John Ventura Wins IPPT Central Major John Ventura - PPA Winner of the IPPT Central Major (Southport, IN). 18 August 2002 - Southport, IN - Cincinnati Touring Pro John Ventura shot 6 consistent rounds to capture his second IPPT Tour victory in the Central Major at Southport. Ventura put together rounds of 29-28-26-28-28-28 for a 108 hole total 167 (49 under par). Jeff Garrison finished second in the event one shot back at 48 under par 168. Tom Gross finished third at 46 under par 170. Charlie Greenwalt was fourth at 47 under par 171. Tom Morrison rounded out the top five with a 44 under par 172. 37 under par 179 was last cash. Tom Gross took an early 4 shot lead shooting the days low round of 24 on the first 18 holes. He was able to back that up with a 25 in round 2 for a 36 hole total 49. In round three Jeff Garrison carded a 24 to move him to with in 2 of the lead after Gross shot 31. Gross and Garrison lead after the fourth round at 109 with Ventura just two shots behind. Ventura took the lead after round 5 shooting consistent 28's in rounds 4,5 and 6, to hold on to the 1 shot victory. Scott McCutchen - APA Winner of the IPPT Central Major. Scott McCutchen Wins APA IPPT Central Major 18 August 2002 - Southport, IN - Scott McCutchen won his first tournament of the year at Southport taking home first place in the IPPT Central Major. McCutchen fired rounds of 29-29-31-25-30-30 for a 108 hole total 174 (42 under par). Bill Hammons, fresh off his second place finish in the APA National Tournament in Georgia, finished second in the event just 3 shots back at 39 under par 177. Zach Smith, who won the APA World Putting Championship in Georgia finished in a 3 way tie for third with John Watkins and Mike McGreevy. Smith won the 3 -way sudden death play off. McCutchen was able to grab the lead from Dave Hager in round four shooting the days lowest round of 25. He finished with 2 consistent rounds of 6 under 30 to win the event Scores provided and tournament recap provided by Tom Gross.

Professional Division of the IPPT Central Major
(Southport, IN - Course #3 - 18 August 2002)

		Round							Prize
	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total	Money	Points
1	John Ventura	29	28	26	28	28	28	167	$115.00	474.2
2	Jeff Garrison	29	29	24	27	32	27	168	$  80.00	453.4
3	Tom Gross	24	25	31	29	31	30	170	$  60.00	423.0
4	Charlie Greenwalt	29	31	27	29	30	25	171	$  55.00	403.0
5	Tom Morrison	30	28	25	29	32	28	172	$  50.00	383.2
6	Mark Hasty	28	27	29	29	33	30	176	$  45.00	336.0
7	Jim Garrison	31	32	30	29	32	25	179	$  26.00	290.2
	Danny Holcomb	31	29	30	31	29	29	179	$  26.00	290.2
	Tim Greenert	28	28	32	33	27	31	179	$  26.00	290.2
10	Brian Summers	31	31	28	29	31	30	180	$       -	262.0
11	Jerry Pinotti	34	27	30	29	29	33	182	$       -	236.2
12	Shawn Gilliland	32	31	29	37	29	26	184	$       -	201.2
13	Rick Blair	33	29	34	31	28	32	187	$       -	180.2
14	Paul May	34	32	35	33	29	29	192	$       -	139.2

Amateur Division of the IPPT Central Major
(Southport, IN - Course #3 - 18 August 2002)

		Round							Prize
	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total	Money	Points
1	Scott McCutchen	29	29	31	25	30	30	174	$  20.00	374.2
2	Bill Hammons	32	28	29	29	29	30	177	$  15.00	337.2
3	Zach Smith *	32	28	30	30	28	31	179	$  10.00	290.2
	Mike McGreevy	30	31	33	28	28	29	179		290.2
	John Watkins	31	29	29	26	35	29	179		290.2
6	James Weber	28	31	33	35	30	27	184		231.2
	Dave Hager	26	31	30	33	31	33	184		231.2
8	Nate Nichols	31	32	30	31	32	29	185		204.0
	Jeff Hearon	32	27	31	33	33	29	185		204.0
10	Robbie Brekelmans	32	29	33	34	33